Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-11-09
BADGER NEWS.

The Arena Eye says d. w. Inman
has demonstrated that cotton can be
grown In this state. For several years
In succession he has planted in the
open soil IN his garden cotton-s seed
imported from Georgia, and has sue
ceeded in maturing it not only to the
bursting of bolls, but also to the ripen-
ing of it's seed.
| The employees of Rood & Maxwell,
| the failed lumbermen Of WashDurn,
| have been paid. Their claims aggre.
gated $4,000.
Q. IL. OLIVER, q saloonkeeper who
came to Ashland from ST. Paul in July
last, and opened g. place, has eloped
| with Mrs. n. d. Gaylord, the wife of g.
well-to-do and respectable carpenter
with whom Oliver boarded. Mrs.
| Gaylord is 40 years old and leaves g.
daughter aged years. Oliver is her
| junior by several years, but is said to
have wife and child in ST. Paul. Mr..
and Mrs. Gaylord lived together for
thirteen years.
The farmhouse of Jacob Hanson,
situated just outside the city OF Stur-
geon Bay, was totally destroyed by
fire. The cause was defective fiue.
Most of the furniture in the lower
story was saved with no insurance.
The dwelling was insured for 5000.
ADvICEs from Belleville, Dane
County, state that number of boxes
of dynamite cartridges used by con-
struction men on the Chicago, Madi-
son & Northern Road exploded with
terrible force, wrecking the shed in
which they we're stored and damag-
ing dwellings :or miles around. A
workman who was near the
shed when the explosion &C.
Cured was blown about ten
feet in the air, but escaped uniniured.
The shock was felt for miles. In the
village of aolia, several miles distant,
doors were thrown open and windows
were broken. There wes more damage
sustained one, two Or three miles
away than near by the scene OF the
explosion. Fortunately there WAS no
bodily injury to any one.
HENRY HAHN, Sturgeon Bay hotel
proprietor, is dead at the age of 65.
He had resided in Door County twen-
ty years.
FRED NICKEL, of Montana, Buffalo
County, formerly g. preacher of the
German Methodist Church, OF Graves
vile, has been arrested to answer to
a charge Of obtaining money under
false pretenses. In default OF $500
bail he goes to jail.
JOHN PULCzINsKI, a Pole, who has
for some time been regarded as insane,
drank quantity of poor Milwaukee
whisky on the LIST, and under it's in
fuence fatally stabbed his brother
Anton.
WILLIAM r. III. MCGOWAN, q milk
man, was killed in q runaway acct
dent at Milwaukee on the 1st inst.
THE farm house of John MuzzY,
with most of it's contents, at Deils
City, twenty-three miles east of Eau
Claire, wss destroyed by fire. Total
loss, So, 200; insurance, $500.
GEORGE AINswoRTH, freshman at
the State University, at Madison, was
accidentally shot in the arm while
hunting.
HERMAN BERKHoLTZ, aged 6 years,
son of Ell. Berkholtz, of the town of
Summer, north Of Eau Claire, got hold
of his fathers shotgun, which was
loaded, and pointing it at his 3-year-
old brother, discharged the weapon,
the load taking effect below the abdo-
men, causing g. wound that resulted
fatally.
JAMES HOWARD, stevedore, died
at Passavant Hospital, Milwaukee,
on the 3Oth, from wounds alleged to
have been received at the hands of g.
fellow workman named William
Hughes, who has since disappeared.
L. M. WAsHBURN, who was appointed
receiver for A. w. Lawrence & Co.,
merchants and mill owners, has filed
bond in the sum OF 100000 and
taken charge of the firms business
| interests.
W. II. ETODGILL, a. prominent at
torney of Lacrosse, resident of the
city for thirty one years, is dead at
the age of IS years.
THE government overflow commits
sion has reported on ffty-one claims
for damages, refusing damages in ev-
cry ms ance.
tary of the State Historical Society,
LSAS WIIUU6u d. UOOk Ou u4SUOIIC W6L0I"
ways of Wisconsin, which will soon be
issued.
A MAN named Peter Carlson, said to
have his home in Chicago, left g. camp
near Shell Lake a week ago and has
not been seen or heard of since. 4
considerable amount was due him for
labor, and leaving his clothing at mis-
boarding house, it is thought that he
met with a fatal accident or commit
ted suicide.
L. w. JACOBS, city editor of the
Madison News, is dead at the age OF
27 years.
JUDGE ELISHA PIKE, pioneer of
Bayfield, County, is dead at the age OF
rs years.
DURING the past twenty years, 101
divorces have been granted in Brown
County.